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Aug 22, 2019 04:46
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Cyberpunk, but all the cool neon-hair'd hackers have depression and programmer socks.
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Aug 22, 2019 07:19
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All the cool neon hair'd cyberpunks are busy jerking off to ponies and building their fursuits
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Aug 22, 2019 07:28
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The saddest thing about the "I retired and now I'm worthless without my jooooob" thing is that retirement should be for doing all those hobbies you used to love, but by the time people retire they loving hate their hobbies because they tried to "monetise" them - The person who loved to draw loving hates art now because they spent 10 years drawing fox porn for rich weirdos on patreon and the person who wanted to make the next hot indie game can't bear to look at a computer anymore because they spent 18 hour days making lovely mobile games designed to trick children into buying loot crates with their parents credit card.
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Colonel Cancer posted:Cult-like obedience to a corp in exchange for decent wages and well organized personal life sounds a bit too idealistic in this timeline lmao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOkQJm_UGM4
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RobattoJesus posted:The saddest thing about the "I retired and now I'm worthless without my jooooob" thing is that retirement should be for doing all those hobbies you used to love, but by the time people retire they loving hate their hobbies because they tried to "monetise" them - The person who loved to draw loving hates art now because they spent 10 years drawing fox porn for rich weirdos on patreon and the person who wanted to make the next hot indie game can't bear to look at a computer anymore because they spent 18 hour days making lovely mobile games designed to trick children into buying loot crates with their parents credit card. Nah, most people just don't have hobbies. They watch TV.
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it's_happening.gif https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/02/us-marshals-forcibly-collecting-student-debt.html?mid=fb-share-di>m=top quote:U.S. Marshals Are Arresting People in Texas Who Have Outstanding Student Loans
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RobattoJesus posted:The saddest thing about the "I retired and now I'm worthless without my jooooob" thing is that retirement should be for doing all those hobbies you used to love, but by the time people retire they loving hate their hobbies because they tried to "monetise" them - The person who loved to draw loving hates art now because they spent 10 years drawing fox porn for rich weirdos on patreon and the person who wanted to make the next hot indie game can't bear to look at a computer anymore because they spent 18 hour days making lovely mobile games designed to trick children into buying loot crates with their parents credit card. My great aunt retired and then got a job at the dollar tree near where she lives at age like, 75, not because she needed more money but because it meant she was getting out of the house every day and got to meet and talk to people who came into the shop and stuff. She worked there until age 90 and loved every minute of it. If you're an old I can see how it might be a good way to maintain contact with the outside world and also get paid for it at the same time 
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starkebn posted:it's_happening.gif Lmao come get me motherfuckers
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Aug 22, 2019 08:37
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Who wants to be my cellie in debtor's prison?
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Shame Boy posted:My great aunt retired and then got a job at the dollar tree near where she lives at age like, 75, not because she needed more money but because it meant she was getting out of the house every day and got to meet and talk to people who came into the shop and stuff. She worked there until age 90 and loved every minute of it. If you're an old I can see how it might be a good way to maintain contact with the outside world and also get paid for it at the same time Man, that's a sad story.
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My mom retired a few years ago and she is still lost. No friends or much interaction with anyone. She was happier when she was working and she had passion for things outside of work. My dad, me, and a few other family members are her only support group. Capitalism destroys lives and grinds people's hopes and dreams down.
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Aug 22, 2019 12:46
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Work in a company that makes a billion profit a year. Profits are up every year. Got our profit sharing reward mail a few minutes ago. Its 50 euros down since last year. Last year was was down 100 euros from the year before. Title of mail is 'Good News!'.
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succ posted:My mom retired a few years ago and she is still lost. No friends or much interaction with anyone. She was happier when she was working and she had passion for things outside of work. I go to a knitting store occasionally and the old ladies around there gather and knit as a social activity, they all seem pretty happy So uh teach her to knit
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Lambert posted:Man, that's a sad story. Why? She still had plenty of family contact and friends, she just really likes talking to people and meeting people and stuff. She wasn't overworked or doing it because she'd die otherwise, she just found it enjoyable and also she got money for it. Now that she's finally too old for it (by her own measure), she's still fine, it's not like she's a depressed shut-in without it, she just liked doing it while she could
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succ posted:My mom retired a few years ago and she is still lost. No friends or much interaction with anyone. She was happier when she was working and she had passion for things outside of work. My mom was like that for a little while but then just started picking up old people stuff like mall walking and crafty hobbies that she could show off to her mom friends on facebook. Now she's gotten really really into making jewelry and has an entire workshop set up at home where she like, hammers and forms metal, etches it in acid, welds it with torches and other stuff to make honestly pretty darn good and impressive jewelry. When she was describing the process of like, etching and soldering it and grinding it clean and stuff I'm like "wow mom you're metal as gently caress" and she liked that a lot  I hope your mom can find a similar passion of some kind, it really seems to help...
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Turns out, especially for one with a nobleman's training, seeing the future a little can help a lot in a knife fight
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happyhippy posted:Work in a company that makes a billion profit a year. Profits are up every year. Ha, my last company used to give quarterly bonuses that were at least $500-$1000 or more depending on the business we did that quarter. Despite signing on several huge customers one quarter, they just cancelled the bonus program with no advance warning, they just didn't show up on the day we'd normally get them. Everyone basically got their pay docked by ~$2k a year. Then the company spent millions of dollars renovating an office where 50% of the employees work from home anyway. 
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The Bloop posted:Turns out, especially for one with a nobleman's training, seeing the future a little can help a lot in a knife fight The Dune thread, I presume?
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Ghost Leviathan posted:The Dune thread, I presume? lmao yup I'll just  my way out
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RobattoJesus posted:The saddest thing about the "I retired and now I'm worthless without my jooooob" thing is that retirement should be for doing all those hobbies you used to love, but by the time people retire they loving hate their hobbies because they tried to "monetise" them - The person who loved to draw loving hates art now because they spent 10 years drawing fox porn for rich weirdos on patreon and the person who wanted to make the next hot indie game can't bear to look at a computer anymore because they spent 18 hour days making lovely mobile games designed to trick children into buying loot crates with their parents credit card. Don't dox me. I actually did enjoy making lovely mobile games for about 5 years since we were an indie team and managed to subsidize our games work with app development, but eventually had to sell to some company that had us make lovely trivia games instead. Eventually got laid off, and I tried to monetize my drawing without going into gross stuff, made about a third of my rent for a few months, and went into teaching and eventually web design instead. I was really happy when I was an indie game artist, but I was barely scraping by, and now I grew up and have a family and a mortgage. I hardly draw anymore.
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happyhippy posted:Work in a company that makes a billion profit a year. Profits are up every year. I got my "good news" email recently too: my health insurance now covers up to 5 million dollars in case of death, up from about 250k. I don't live in the US, so that 250k was pretty high to start with. Pretty good deal if I become a vegetable for months, but only if I die at the end!
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Maleh-Vor posted:I got my "good news" email recently too: my health insurance now covers up to 5 million dollars in case of death, up from about 250k. I don't live in the US, so that 250k was pretty high to start with. Pretty good deal if I become a vegetable for months, but only if I die at the end! Just use a power outlet timer, available on Amazon Prime.
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Zzulu posted:All the cool neon hair'd cyberpunks are busy jerking off to ponies and building their fursuits or they're stuck working retail
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i only work 40 hours a week but its still enough on top of my commute times and spending days off loving with my car and stuff that I have zero time for hobbies lol. i still game but it's like calling watching tv a hobby. i just do it because it takes no effort usually.
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Larry Parrish posted:i only work 40 hours a week but its still enough on top of my commute times and spending days off loving with my car and stuff that I have zero time for hobbies lol. i still game but it's like calling watching tv a hobby. i just do it because it takes no effort usually. https://www.inc.com/business-insider/study-reveals-commute-time-impacts-job-satisfaction.html And this is just from quick googling. A short commute is insanely helpful to maintaining any kind of work life balance. Commutes over an hour are more or less explicitly exploitative and also as wealthy people continue pricing all the working people out of cities, where the loving jobs are, it's going to get worse and worse.
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Larry Parrish posted:i only work 40 hours a week but its still enough on top of my commute times and spending days off loving with my car and stuff that I have zero time for hobbies lol. i still game but it's like calling watching tv a hobby. i just do it because it takes no effort usually. I know a guy who's commute is over an hour and a half (one way). He actually sleeps in his office a couple nights a week.
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I've had days where I think about sleeping in my car and mine is only 45 minutes. Mostly cuz I gotta drive through a river canyon to get home. I've known all the turns since I was a kid but its still not something I'd drive if I was tired enough.
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Aug 23, 2019 00:52
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Your commute should be paid labor and the fact that it isn't is tantamount to wage theft.
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Aug 23, 2019 00:59
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Guys I got a serious loving situation over here
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Missed opportunity in not naming either Apricums. I feel like one of them is undoubtedly as good as the original Robocop, and the other is as bad as Cain when he becomes Robocop 2.
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The Nastier Nate posted:Guys I got a serious loving situation over here I'm partial to Mundee's Plumapriumcots.
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Young, dumb, and full of Apricum
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